Over 761,000 cases solved by anti-graft body

More than 761,000 cases in which officials violated the eight-point decision on improving conduct have been solved over the past decade, said a senior anti-graft official at a news conference on the sidelines of the ongoing 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Monday.

In the past 10 years, 265 senior officials under the management of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee were placed under investigation for breaching the eight-point decision, said Xiao Pei, deputy head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC Central Committee, China's top anti-graft watchdog.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the Party has resolutely implemented the eight-point decision that requires officials to strictly practice frugality and eradicate undesirable work styles, keeping a strong fight against those using public funds to buy gifts or pay for banquets and travels, Xiao said.

"We made public the violations cases in consecutive 108 months, and exposed names of the violators in some influential cases," he said.

Since the 19th National Congress in 2017, discipline and supervision departments across the country have also solved over 282,000 cases in which officials were found with pointless formalities and bureaucratism, he said.

"Since the 19th National Congress, we've also expanded public supervision, investigating more than 347,000 cases in which officials dealt with residents' affairs in an improper manner, including those with negative or reluctant work attitude, or who didn't miss any opportunity for personal gains," he added.